{"product_id":"mercy-gene-jd-derbyshire-9781773102948","title":"Mercy Gene: The Man-Made Making of a Mad Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThink Maggie Nelson meets Hannah Gadsby.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in kaleidoscopic bursts of erratic recollections, daydreams, poetry, and lists, \u003ci\u003eMercy Gene\u003c\/i\u003e is the powerful, genre-smashing debut work of auto-fiction by acclaimed writer, playwright, and comedian JD Derbyshire. Inspired by Derbyshire's critically acclaimed and award-winning stage play, \u003ci\u003eCertified\u003c\/i\u003e, and anchored by protagonist Janice\/Jan\/JD, \u003ci\u003eMercy Gene\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful, humorous, and sometimes brutal look at queerness, gender confusion, institutionalization, addiction, and abuse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough flashes of memory and imaginings, Derbyshire illustrates the intense and invisible \"side effects\" of psychiatric treatment and the unreliability of memory. In a stream-of-conscious narrative that provokes and consoles, eliciting tears and laughter at equal pace, Derbyshire re-examines a life of unspoken and repressed trauma. Between devastating bouts of depression, hilarious side-quests into the author's dryly sardonic inner monologue, helpless moments at the mercy of their own psyche, and tour-de-force appearances by fictional versions of Miriam Toews and the late, great Margot Kidder, Derbyshire leads readers through a non-linear narrative to treatment, forgiveness, and acceptance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jd Derbyshire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 177310294X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773102948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goose Lane Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Jd Derbyshire","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44920143675647,"sku":"9781773102948","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d7a62db-6559-46d1-86bd-5f18f585efdd.jpg?v=1710360300","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mercy-gene-jd-derbyshire-9781773102948","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}